Tis The Season!

Jen Ryan

Published: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 7:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 7:30 a.m.

December has finally arrived and with it many fun adventures for the family! You'll find something to do almost every week that has to do with this beautiful holiday season. The square is all decked out and offers great parties and even snow! The annual Ocala Christmas Parade is this Saturday followed by the Belleview parade on Sunday. Check out all the fun events in town by clicking here.

Many love to shop locally and help support the mom and pop businesses in town. It is also a much nicer shopping experience in a lot of cases. There are so many wonderfully talented people around that offer great services too! Check out this list of local shops and feel free to add your favorite!

Going off to college can be a scary idea in it's own right. When you add to it the list of the 25 most dangerous colleges it can be even worse. The Business Insider has comprised a list with the reports from the FBI and other sources to give you the top 25. There are a few from Florida on there. Does this report make you think twice when choosing schools?

Do you love Christmas carols or could you do without them? There's a list recently released of the 5 most annoying Christmas carols. Some of them can be annoying but I rather like the song "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas". What is your favorite carol around this time? Do you wish you only heard them on Christmas day or do you say play on?

December has finally arrived and with it many fun adventures for the family! You'll find something to do almost every week that has to do with this beautiful holiday season. The square is all decked out and offers great parties and even snow! The annual Ocala Christmas Parade is this Saturday followed by the Belleview parade on Sunday. Check out all the fun events in town by <a href=”http://www.ocalamom.com/forum/topics/fun-downtown-this-year”>clicking here.</a><br/><br/>Many love to shop locally and help support the mom and pop businesses in town. It is also a much nicer shopping experience in a lot of cases. There are so many wonderfully talented people around that offer great services too! Check out this list of local shops and feel free to <a href=”http://www.ocalamom.com/forum/topics/where-do-you-shop-locally”>add your favorite!</a><br/><br/>Going off to college can be a scary idea in it's own right. When you add to it the list of the 25 most dangerous colleges it can be even worse. The Business Insider has comprised a list with the reports from the FBI and other sources to give you the top 25. There are a few from Florida on there. <a href=”http://www.ocalamom.com/forum/topics/25-most-dangerous-college-campuses”>Does this report make you think twice when choosing schools?</a><br/><br/>Do you love Christmas carols or could you do without them? There's a list recently released of the 5 most annoying Christmas carols. Some of them can be annoying but I rather like the song "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas". What is your favorite carol around this time? Do you wish you only heard them on Christmas day or do you <a href=”http://www.ocalamom.com/forum/topics/5-most-annoying-christmas-songs”>say play on?</a><br/><br/>I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!<br /><br />
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